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Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Y Y Yabbicom, William H., Lower Castle St, Bristol, cm and u (181819). Trading at no. 10 in 1818 and no. 8 in 1819. [D] Yale, Elihu, London, cm, broker and … (17981811). [D] Youse, William, Grove St, Wantage, Berks., wood turner (1840). [D] Youxfield, Robert, St Mary's parish, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … The parish comprises 5804 acres, of which 25 are in wood. It is intersected by different branches of the Medway, … 100 free sittings, was erected in 1823. At Yardley-Wood and Hall-Green are other incumbencies. The inhabitants …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Yanwath and Eamont … b(15). Castlesteads, settlement and enclosure in Yanwath Wood, over 2 m. S. of Eamont Bridge, occupies a slight knoll. … this latter is of any great age. Castlesteads, Yanwath Wood The work is of unusual type. The inner enclosure …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are overlain by the E. bank of a wood. A modern field mile to the E. is known locally as … Settlement (SP 06051390 06151395) in Yanworth Wood lies on almost level ground. It is marked by a feature, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. … swine on what was apparently Yapton manor in 1086, 6 and a wood of the lord of Bilsham, much of it oak, was mentioned in … in the 19th and early 20th centuries 87 were those of wood dealer and coal and manure merchant, tea dealer, station …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … also a symbol of sadness. It affords a heavy, elastic HARD WOOD, used especially in the making of the BOW, hence 'a bowe …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… It consists of land sloping generally N. between 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting … N.-flowing streams has exposed narrow bands of limestones and silts along their valley sides. Many prehistoric and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of the same material; the roofs are covered with tiles and stone slates. There appears to have been a church here of … by some capitals at the vicarage, the re-set S. doorway and probably the tower-arch. The Chancel was re-built at some … outer archway inside, 13th-century label-stop; on N. wall, wood fragment carved with interlaced circles and foliage or …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … at 70 m. (230 ft.). In the east a small hill at Seamark 77 wood (143 m. (468 ft.)) separates the plateau from a second … was created by the owners of Yarlington House at Seamark wood c. 1900 91 but by 1912 92 a club appears to have been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was … George SpencerChurchill, duke of Marlborough. Some of the wood survived and was used in 1921 to make stalls for the … belfry screen of folding doors dated 1634 and of carved wood 'taken from out-of-sight places in the body of the …